Comment on Mirror Bacteria Adamala et al. 2024 The commentary by Adamala et al. (2024) entitled ‘Confronting risks of mirror life’ caught the attention of the ZKBS as part of its ongoing monitoring of Synthetic Biology. The ZKBS now has a separate section on mirror…
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Recipient strains for biological safety measures The database of recipient strains recognized for biological saftey measures provides information on recipient organisms frequently used for genetic engineering operations. This information concerns the allocation to a…
History Historie Mode of operation until 1990 Development since the genetic engineering act (GenTG) was passed in 1990 Expansion of the circle of members 250th ZKBS meeting on 5 September 2023 The ZKBS was launched in February 1978 with the “Directives on protection…
9th MEACB 2019 From 6 to 7 November 2019 the 9th Meeting of the European Advisory Committees on Biosafety (MEACB) in the field of contained use and deliberate release of GMOs took place in Berlin, Germany. It was hosted by the German Federal Office of Consumer…
Archived english announcements of the ZKBS The adenovirus-based vaccine strains ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca), Ad26.COVS1 (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) and rAd5-S-CoV2 + rAd26-S-CoV2 (SputnikV) were classified by the ZKBS in risk group 1. More detailed information can…
Current Announcements 4th Report on Synthetic Biology published 21 September 2026 To the announcement All announcements Monitoring Synthetic Biology 2025 published 9 July 2026 To the announcement All announcements ZKBS Commentary on the Use of AI in Genetic…
The ZKBS introduces itself The Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS) is a voluntary expert panel responsible for evaluating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with regard to the potential risks posed to humans, animals and the environment and delivering…
3rd report of the ZKBS on Synthetic Biology published Based on the continuous monitoring of developments in the field of Synthetic Biology in the period from June 2018 to December 2021, the ZKBS has now adopted its 3rd report on Synthetic Biology (not accessible)…
Monitoring Synthetic Biology 2023 published The Synthetic Biology Working Group of the ZKBS has reviewed the publications of the year 2023 and selected 37 of them for publication on their homepage . The working group found that all research approaches in synthetic…
